The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak. A Tale of the Pacific

TitleThe Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak. A Tale of the Pacific
Year for Search1847
Authors[Cooper], [James Fenimore](1789-1851)
Volume / Edition2 vols.
Date Published1847
PublisherBurgess, Stringer and Company
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Mostly a dull adventure story that includes a conservative eutopia stressing a natural aristocracy.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. Chicago, IL: Belford, Clarke & Co., [1880]; and as The Crater or Vulcan’s Peak. In The Works of James Fenimore Cooper. Otsego Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1905]; and Ed. Thomas Philbrick. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1962. U.K. ed. as Mark’s Reef; or, The Crater. A Tale of the Pacific. 3 vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1847.

Title Note

U.K. ed. as Mark’s Reef; or, The Crater. A Tale of the Pacific. 3 vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1847.

Holding Institutions

L, MoU-St, PSt, W1,588

Author Note

(1789-1851)

Full Text

1847 [Cooper, James Fenimore] (1789-1851). The Crater; or, Vulcan’s Peak. A Tale of the Pacific. 2 vols. New York: Burgess, Stringer and Company. Rpt. Chicago, IL: Belford, Clarke & Co., [1880]; and as The Crater or Vulcan’s Peak. In The Works of James Fenimore Cooper. Otsego Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1905]; and Ed. Thomas Philbrick. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1962. U.K. ed. as Mark’s Reef; or, The Crater. A Tale of the Pacific. 3 vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1847. L, MoU-St, PSt, W1,588

Mostly a dull adventure story that includes a conservative eutopia stressing a natural aristocracy.